All Arkansas district courts now have full-time judges after voters OK’d it in 2000

Amendment voted for in 2000 now fulfilled, court says

The Arkansas Supreme Court building in Little Rock shown in this March 7, 2024, file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Kyle McDaniel)
The Arkansas Supreme Court building in Little Rock shown in this March 7, 2024, file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Kyle McDaniel)

The Arkansas Supreme Court said Thursday that every district court in the state is now served by a full-time, state-employed district judge, marking the fulfillment of a key aim of Amendment 80 nearly a quarter of a century after it became law.

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